美国修改《数字千年版权法》的反垄断法解读——以Iphone智能手机的“越狱”“解锁”事件为例

Anti-monopoly Analysis for U.S.A Modifying Digital Millennium Copyright Act

美国修改《数字千年版权法》,使破解IPhone等智能手机,以便转换电信服务提供商;或者安装非IPhone应用程序都成为合法的事情。此事件在知识经济时代中对各国数字版权的保护,防止知识产权的滥用具有一定的代表性。从此事件中可看到,美国修改《数字千年版权法》,打破了原来的关于捆绑电信运营商,不允许兼容其他程序等限制性商业行为,使得以创新和竞争为特征的信息产业,具有继续向前发展的动力。美国修改《数字千年版权法》,对中国反垄断法的实施具有一定指导意义。即在网络经济时代,在保护知识产权的合法垄断权时,中国反垄断法应该禁止知识产权滥用,鼓励创新或动态效率的促进,消费者福利的保护。

The United States modified the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which enable consumer to transform other telecommunications service providers; or install new applications software . This event in the knowledge economy era , for the national digital copyright protection, there is sense preventing the abuse of intellectual property rights. We can see from this incident that the United Stales modifying the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to some extent inhibits monopoly and other restrictive business practices, further compatibility with other programs, promotes technology innovation and competition, thus has continued to forward improvement. The United States modifying the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has some significance for the implementation of anti-monopoly law in China, so the Chinese anti-monopoly law should prohibit the abuse of intellectual property rights, encourage technology innovation or dynamic efficiency, consumer welfare protection.